40 | SMOOTH JAZZ NEWS Lineup: Thursday, Oct. 8: opening act TBA, 6 p.m.; Peter White, 7:30 p.m., Unplugged Under the Stars at Descanso Beach Friday, Oct. 9: Roberto Restuccia, 7 p.m.; Euge Groove, 9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10: Jeff Bradshaw, noon; Chris Standring, 2 p.m.; Josh Vietti, 7 p.m.; Chuck Mangione Tribute show featuring Grant Geissman with special guest Gap Mangione, 9 p.m.; after-party featuring DJ Lexicon at Descanso Beach, 10:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 11: Nathan Mitchell, noon; Acoustic Alchemy, 2 p.m.; Four80East, 7 p.m.; Kirk Whalum, 9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15: opening act TBA, 6 p.m.; the David Benoit Trio, 7:30 p.m., Unplugged Under the Stars at Descanso Beach Friday, Oct. 16: Andréa Lisa, 7 p.m.; Yuko Mabuchi, 9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17: Adrian Crutchfield, noon; Adam Hawley, 2 p.m.; Fattburger band, 7 p.m.; Vincent Ingala, 9 p.m.; after-party featuring DJ Lexicon at Descanso Beach, 10:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18: Andrey Chmut, noon; Pieces of a Dream, 2 p.m.; artist TBA, 7 p.m.; the David Sanborn “Sideguys” tribute, 9 p.m. Venues: Catalina Casino Ballroom, 1 Casino Way, Avalon, California; and Descanso Beach for Thursday Night Unplugged Getting there: Catalina Express offers the most convenient choices of round-trip, cross-channel transportation from its terminals in Long Beach, San Pedro and Dana Point, California, to Avalon. Visit www.CatalinaExpress.com or call 800-995-4386. If flying into the Los Angeles-Orange County areas, flights are available into the Long Beach Airport (LGB), John Wayne Airport, Orange County (SNA) and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). Distance to the Long Beach terminal is approximately 11 miles from LGB, 22 miles from LAX and 29 miles from SNA. Staying there: Visit the JazzTrax official hotels page at www.jazztrax.com/hotels Tickets and information: www.jazztrax.com Oct. 8-11 and Oct. 15-18 39th Catalina Island JazzTrax Festival Avalon, California Avalon, California, home of the 39th Catalina Island JazzTrax Festival Photo: Pat Benter continued from page 39
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